For a long time, tech culture has focused too narrowly on technical skills; this has resulted in a tech community that too often puts companies and code over people. Greater Than Code is a podcast that invites the voices of people who are not heard from enough in tech: women, people of color, trans and/or queer folks, to talk about the human side of software development and technology. Greater Than Code is providing a vital platform for these conversations, and developing new ideas of what it means to be a technologist beyond just the code. Featuring an ongoing panel of racially and gender diverse tech panelists, the majority of podcast guests so far have been women in tech! We’ve covered topics including imposter syndrome, mental illness, sexuality, unconscious bias and social justice. We also have a major focus on skill sets that tech too often devalues, like team-building, hiring, community organizing, mentorship and empathy. Each episode also includes a transcript. We have an active Slack community that members can join by pledging as little as $1 per month via Patreon. (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode)
Similar Podcasts
TED Talks Daily
Every weekday, TED Talks Daily brings you the latest talks in audio. Join host and journalist Elise Hu for thought-provoking ideas on every subject imaginable — from Artificial Intelligence to Zoology, and everything in between — given by the world's leading thinkers and creators. With TED Talks Daily, find some space in your day to change your perspectives, ignite your curiosity, and learn something new.
Estamos Juntas |👩🏽🤝👩🏻 Un Podcast Para Mujeres
Este es un espacio donde las mujeres tenemos voz propia. Donde estaremos las que tenemos miedo, pero enfrentamos a la vida cada vez con más determinación. Compartiremos experiencias de mujeres empoderadas como tú, a las que les quema por dentro el deseo de crecer. Soy Camila Arteche y te voy a hablar y a escuchar. Quiero que aprendamos, nos inspiremos y confiemos las unas en las otras.
Si resuenas con lo que aquí te comparto dejáme ★★★★★ arriba😁(también déjame tu cuenta de Instagram en los reviews para compartirte en mis historias). Así me ayudas a que este podcast llegue a más mujeres.
Recuerda siempre: Estamos Juntas🙌
Inside the Podcast Studio
Behind the scenes interviews with successful Independent Podcasters - to inspire you to take your show to the next level! Each week we dig deep into the backstory, creation process, numbers, revenue and more, with some of the coolest independent podcasters out there. We're talking download numbers, how they actually craft their episodes, how they make money, their biggest mistakes, their top tips to help you take your show to the next level and much much more!
160: Thermodynamics of the Twitterverse
01:50 - Getting Sucked into Twitter Vortexes 03:06 - Dynamics of Human Emotion * Willem Larsen Episode (https://www.greaterthancode.com/reinventing-education) * Prometheus Rising (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_Rising) 05:36 - Creating Safe Spaces for Emotionally Charged Conversations 07:57 - Radical Inclusion * Shared Conversation About Humanity 09:49 - Overidentification/Over Attachment to Tribalism * Race and Ethnicity are Socially Constructed (yes!) 12:15 - Digital Activism * Retweeting What We Agree With, Not What We Disagree With (How it’s Taken) * Encouraging Good Faith Disagreements 15:22 - Tribal Dynamics 16:45 - People From Oppressed Groups Have the Right to Rage * Being an Advocate * Making Space 24:30 - The Changing Frequencies of People 26:58 - Call-Out Culture * Calling In * Invisibilia (https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510307/invisibilia) * Wanting to See People Make Right/Not Shunning Them 32:20 - We Are All Human! Reflections: Arty: How much our connectivity is an opportunity to see our diversity and the strength and power and creative coolness of one another and if we can come together in shared space, what is the vision we can craft together. Chanté: Synchronicity and thinking about the way things happen. Glad to have this conversation. Jacob: How to make a community of people that can have difficult conversations, certain boundaries need to be respected. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks!
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
On this day in Paris in 1948, the United Nations issued the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (https://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/), a milestone document that sets out the fundamental rights and privileges of all people and all nations. In honor of the anniversary of this document, the panelists of Greater Than Code have come together to share their reading of the document with all of you.
159: Bias in AI with Lauren Maffeo
02:26 - Lauren’s Superpower: Remembering Useful Yet Sentimental Facts About People 03:57 - Lauren’s Professional Background 07:35 - Bias in the Downsides of AI * Automation vs. Augmentation * Meredith Broussard (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meredith_Broussard) 11:15 - Media and AI/How the Media Affects People’s Perception of AI 14:32 - Concerns of Small and Midsize Businesses Pertaining to AI 18:37 - How to Mitigate Bias in AI 22:23 - Ethics in AI * Loomis v. Wisconsin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loomis_v._Wisconsin) 25:39 - Defining Bias in AI * Georgetown University Law Center (https://www.law.georgetown.edu/) * Unconscious Bias * Harvard Implicit Bias Test (https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html) 32:04 - Fairness vs. Accuracy in Algorithms 38:30 - Preventing Bias in AI Resources * Gartner (https://www.gartner.com/en) * Towards Data Science Blog (https://towardsdatascience.com/) * Github (https://github.com/) 41:00 - Working Remotely * Proactively Communicating * Setting Boundaries 50:45 - Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace * Slack (https://slack.com/) * Aubrey Blanche, Atlassian (https://www.atlassian.com/) Reflections: John: Lauren talking about the work she’s doing to pre-educate people so they can prevent themselves from getting in trouble even before they build their models. Chanté: It’s not enough to just be doing this internally. Bias happens in all shapes, sizes, and forms and it’s important to recognize that. Jacob: In a biased society we can’t expect completely unbiased data; therefore we can’t train an algorithm on the theoretical equitable world that we want to create. There will always be a trace of the bias we have now. Lauren: The first step is acknowledging the bias exists in the first place. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps,LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! Special Guest: Lauren Maffeo.
158: Exploring Company Values with Ariel Caplan
01:22 - Ariel’s Superpower: Extreme Irritability * How to Address What is Irritating You 07:30 - Accessibility Needs - Learning What Irritates Others * Disability Simulation in the Workplace * Hot-Keys vs. Mouse Use 16:05 - Rabbinical School * Learning to Ask Complex Questions * Edge Cases (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_case) 20:30 - Developing Company/Corporate Values * Purpose of Company Values * Revisiting the Values * When to Remove a Value * Wording of Values * Aspirational Values * The Right Time to Put Values into Writing Reflections: John: Using the process of establishing and/or revising values as a way of pulling in the experience of marginalized people in the company. Jamey: Think about who your values put pressure on. Jacob: Balance between whether values should be aspirational or should they be a reflection of things that people in the company have already internalized. Ariel: Aspirational vs. Reflective values and when is the right time for each. Also, there is a point of giving too much weight to the values. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! Special Guest: Ariel Caplan.
157: Reinventing Education with Willem Larsen
01:12 - Willem’s Superpower: Meta 02:20 - Accelerated Community Learning * Self-Sustaining Communities 12:45 - Reimagining the Education System * Unschooling * Open-Space (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology) * Systems of Privilege * Jordan Fink @buildsoil (https://twitter.com/buildsoil?lang=en) 24:20 - Stages of Human Life * Age Segregation in School * Storytelling of Culture 41:10 - The Thermodynamics of Emotion Symposium (https://thermodynamicsofemotion.com) 57:01 - Listening to What the Community Needs The Fall of Civilizations Podcast (https://fallofcivilizationspodcast.com/) Reflections: Jacob: Local communities can surely agree on and find really innovative ways they can provide for each other. Arty: The magic can only happen with the existing system being out of the way and space being created for the people with the spaces and the people with the programs to work together around the shared interest. Willem: Our culture has all these impediments to navigating complex systems in wise ways. We should get out of the way of people we have more power than and listen to the system and provide resources to the system. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! Special Guest: Willem Larsen.
156: Authenticity in Interviewing with James Edward Gray II
01:30 - James’ Superpower: Spending time chasing his daughter and her robots around. Helping with her robotics club at school. 02:37 - “Just Be Yourself” is Terrible Advice 03:50 - What Are You Trying to Accomplish in the Interview 06:00 - Be Authentic: Which Parts of Yourself to Show Be a Strong Communicator Be an Avid Learner Don’t be a Jerk 07:25 - Turn Your Interviewers into Your Advocates 12:42 - Technical Interviews Saying “I Don’t Know” is OK 16:00 Interviewee as the Interviewer Make Sure You Want to Work Here Answer Questions Honestly 18:53 - Prepare for Common Interview Questions Rephrasing Weakness 23:34 - Intrinsic Motivation Mastery by Robert Greene (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastery_(book)) 29:29 - Storytelling in the Interview Being Confident in Your Accomplishments Interviewers Explain Why You Are Asking the Question 37:15 - Management Techniques Richard Cook (https://www.adaptivecapacitylabs.com/richard-cook/) Herbert Simon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_A._Simon) 45:00 - Why Technical Interviews are Challenging Cracking the Coding Interview (http://www.crackingthecodinginterview.com/) Reflections: John: Setting the context for being approachable as an interviewer is important. Rein: Some of this advice works all the time, and some of this advice only works when you have been able to develop a personal connection with the interviewer/interviewee. James: Think about if this is a place you want to work while interviewing. Avdi: Turning your interviewer into your advocate can help them also be able to tell you if this place will be a good fit for you. Jessica: It’s not just about being able to interview well as the interviewee, but we need to choose a company that can interview well too. Ask your personal contacts about what it is like to work at a certain company. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! Special Guest: James Edward Gray.
155: Ethical Open Source with Don Goodman-Wilson
01:10 - Don’s Superpower: He is a generalist. He has lots of skills he can bring together in one place. 02:25 - Ethics and Open Source Open Source is Broken (https://medium.com/@degoodmanwilson/open-source-is-broken-d836efbceb4f) OSI (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Source_Initiative) How Can we Make Sure Our Code isn’t Weaponized 08:34 - Consequentialism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consequentialism) vs Contractualism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contractualism) OSI FAQ (https://opensource.org/faq) Free Software Foundation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software_Foundation) 18:15 - The Paradox of Tolerance/Paradox of Openness 19:15 - Is Licensing the Right Mechanism for Bringing Ethics into Open Source 23:40 - Enforceability of Open Source Licenses (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_license) 28:40 - Compensation as an Ethical Consideration 34:30 - Quantifying the Value the Open Source Software Gives 38:24 - Empowering People Who Participate in Open Source It’s OK to Question Authority Not Everyone Has the Privilege to Participate in Open Source Ethics in Open Source Licenses 48:31 Tierney Cyren @bitandbang (https://twitter.com/bitandbang) This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! Special Guest: Don Goodman-Wilson.
154: Filtering Your Brain with Ambreen Hasan
01:12 - Ambreen’s Non-Technical Superpower: She is Very Good at Zoning People Out Learning necessary information from conversations 03:20 - Ambreen’s Technical Superpower: Any Challenge She is Given She Will Try to Just Do It Comfort with Uncertainty 06:03 - Fixed Mindset vs. Growth Mindset It’s OK to Not Know Everything Using Resources to Your Advantage 08:40 - Ambreen’s Hobbies Outside of Software 10:10 - Thinking About Things in a Molecular Way Taking Chunks at a Time When Learning Something New Breaking Down Big Concepts into Small Things You Can Learn Being Comfortable Being Uncomfortable 13:45 - Ambreen’s Journey to Software Engineering C++ Turning a Love Into a Career Ruby, Rails, Go, Docker 20:30 - Self-Advocating for New Work Experience 22:00 - Empathy in Engineering Auditory Fatigue (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auditory_fatigue) Pair Programming (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pair_programming) vs Mob Programming (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mob_programming) Reflections: John: Intentionally recognizing uncomfortable learning situations and be okay with it. Jacob: Your emotional state does matter at work and we as professionals need to recognize that this has relevance to one’s ability to do work. Arty: It is important to help others to be able to come out of their comfort zone and be ok with not knowing everything. Ambreen: Likes Jacob’s idea of being productively lost, but there is progress being made. There are many different styles of learning. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! Special Guest: Ambreen Hasan.
153: Your Favorite Philosopher Is You with Mannah Kallon
01:16 - Mannah’s Superpower: He is Comfortable in His Own Skin Being Yourself 02:17 - Assessing Identity and Evaluating Sense of Self in New Culture What a Philosopher is 03:42 - Quoting Beyoncé and Using the B Word Who Takes Offense? Is Everyone Given the Same Consideration? 06:25 - Moments of Self Doubt When Someone Doesn’t Believe You Simone de Beauvoir (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_de_Beauvoir) Addressing Terms of Identity with Conversation Botham Jean (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Botham_Jean), Forgiveness, and Role Reversal 09:14 - Empathy Who is Your Favorite Philosopher Having the Ability to Consider and Alternative Viewpoint 11:22 - Retaliation is a Thing Impeachment Whistleblower (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump%E2%80%93Ukraine_controversy) Kavanaugh Investigation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Kavanaugh) Rowena Chiu (https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-harvey-weinstein-accuser-rape-rowena-chiu_n_5d767361e4b0fde50c2ac3c9) Colin Kaepernick (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Kaepernick) 16:33 - How to Deal With Coming Across a Viewpoint You Don’t Think Has Merit It is Healthy to Have a Level of Empathy for Your Enemies Assigning Value to Situations 18:56 - The Supreme Court Voting on Protections Systemic Hatred Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life,_Liberty_and_the_pursuit_of_Happiness) 23:23 - Origins of Thoughts and Root Causes 28:57 - Recognizing Privilege Rowena Chiu: Opinion | 'Harvey Weinstein Told Me He Liked Chinese Girls … (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/05/opinion/sunday/harvey-weinstein-rowena-chiu.html) This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! Special Guest: Mannah Kallon.
152: Embracing Mathematics with Philip Wadler
02:35 - Philip’s Superpower: Being Not Afraid of Mathematics 04:07 - Programming Language Foundations in Agda (https://plfa.github.io/) Propositions as Types (https://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/wadler/papers/propositions-as-types/propositions-as-types.pdf) Isomorphism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isomorphism) Software Foundations by Benjamin C. Pierce (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13413455-software-foundations) The Coq Proof Assistant (https://coq.inria.fr/) 15:32 - Using a Proof Assistant 22:57 - Human Creativity + Insight QuickCheck (http://hackage.haskell.org/package/QuickCheck) CompCert (http://compcert.inria.fr/) 30:02 - Specifications Use of Formal Methods at Amazon Web Services (https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/tla/formal-methods-amazon.pdf) The Evolution of Testing Methodology at AWS: From Status Quo to Formal Methods with TLA+ (https://www.infoq.com/presentations/aws-testing-tla/) How Amazon web services uses formal methods (https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2699417) 35:25 - How To Translate Abstract Concepts So Practitioners Can Use Them Reflections: Rein: The way we are taught math makes us hate it. Jess: There’s a difference between learning the foundations of programming and learning the skills of programming Chanté: How do we make conversations like this more accessible? Jacob: Ways of getting quick and seamless feedback as you are writing a program. Joint Cognitive Systems: Foundations of Cognitive Systems Engineering (https://www.amazon.com/Joint-Cognitive-Systems-Foundations-Engineering/dp/0849328217) This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! Special Guest: Philip Wadler.
Special Edition: Becoming an Elder & the "Stage Two" of Life
There's a point in life, somewhere around the halfway mark, where the reality check hits -- you're going to die. There's a future without you in it. There's a new generation of children growing up, learning their way through the world, and humanity will keep moving forward without you. On one hand, this is depressing. Everyday, we go through the motions. Everyday, we play the game. And suddenly, it all seems so meaningless. The characteristic period of "mid-life crisis" starts with falling into a pit of nihilistic despair, and a quest to answer the most basic existential questions. Does anything really matter? Who am I? What do I live for? On the other side of these questions, something magical happens. The finiteness of Life is also what gives it meaning. Every breath is something to cherish. Every joyful memory is a gift. And right now, in this moment, we have the opportunity to live and be, whoever it is we want to be. Who are your heroes? Who do you admire? What character do you want to play? How can you use your special gifts to lift the people around you? Like a cacoon-shattering phase change, a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly, we become an Elder, a steward, and a leader that works on behalf of the children of our future. This audio clip is a conversation between Claire Lew (https://twitter.com/clairejlew), CEO of Know Your Team (https://knowyourteam.com/) & Arty Starr (https://twitter.com/janellekz) about the journey of becoming an Elder, and why Arty decided to change her name. If you want a bit more backstory, you can also check out this thread: this is great stuff! Artemis is a badass.— Miko Matsumura ㋡ (@mikojava) October 13, 2019
151: Off Meta with Amir Rajan
02:27 - Amir’s Superpower: Sensitivity to Development Pain A Picture of Amir’s Keyboard and Battlestation (https://twitter.com/amirrajan/status/1172565179806224384) Eye Tracker (https://www.tobii.com/) 06:59 - Developer Productivity and Breaking Constraints Magic Leap (https://www.magicleap.com/) 16:58 - Idea Flow 21:00 - Building an Environment That Enables You File Watching Automating Leverage 28:18 - Optimizing Local Maxima Bret Victor: The Future of Programming (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pTEmbeENF4) Delta Time 41:01 - Questioning Fundamental Assumptions Continuity of Design™️ Gradual Stiffening 46:55 - Game Development Unity (https://unity.com/) 56:05 - Extremeness and Pushing Boundaries: Being a Weirdo/Being an Outlier/Thinking Differently Off Meta, Super Smash Brothers Melee Gods (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJrEhy4ya74) Meta and Off Meta DragonRuby Game Toolkit Sandbox (http://fiddle.dragonruby.org) Reflections: Jess: “A pin on my upkeeps.” Avdi: Meta and off meta. John: Continuity of design. Rein: Continuity and discreteness. Janelle: Process-oriented thinking. Amir: Being consistent with philosophies. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! Special Guest: Amir Rajan.
150: Cultural Transformation with Brian Lonsdorf
01:34 - Brian’s Superpower: Communicating and Listening 02:36 - The Role of Empathy in Teaching/Communicating * Process Empathy * Empathetic Report 04:11 - Learning and Teaching Functional Programming * Lawful Composition Thinking Functionally with Haskell (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1107452643/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1107452643&linkId=b8c8bcf8f27165517d6b53a2b87fedd6) Compositional Thinking Category Theory (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_theory) 11:13 - Compositional Programming in JavaScript 16:02 - Problems That Can Be Solved by Learning Functional Programming Livable Code by Sarah Mei (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI77oMKr5EY) Scalable program architectures (http://www.haskellforall.com/2014/04/scalable-program-architectures.html) 25:03 - Category Theory Categories for the Working Mathematician (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0387984038/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0387984038&linkId=0aa85e8a54efad0135dbd75f39abe43c) Reading Papers Finding Applications for Concepts 32:41 - Machine Learning and AI Generative AI L-Systems (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-system) Do be do be do (https://arxiv.org/pdf/1611.09259.pdf) 53:54 - Discrete Representations of Continuous Phenomena 56:17 - Making Teaching Fun, Engaging, and Interesting Learning as a Conversation Reflections: Brian: Looking into L-systems further and thinking in terms of ranges. Rein: Dimensionality is imperative. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! Special Guest: Brian Lonsdorf.
149: Creating Effective Culture with Jesse James
01:49 - Jesse’s Superpower: Empathy by Learning to be Empathetic * Taking a Step Back * Mental Triggers * Neurodiversity and Empathy 07:51 - Culture * What is culture? * Culture Fit * Creating/Building/Forcing Culture * Culture as a Descriptor * Affecting Culture * Culture as an Ongoing Process * Agile Methodologies for Culture * Culture Facilitators * Improving Heuristics * Meta Heuristics * Cultures Evolve Rapidly * Alienation * Survival Rules * Problematic Performance Reviews * Derision of Management * Manager Contribution Reflections: Jacob: Community: The Structure of Belonging by Peter Block (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1523095563/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1523095563&linkId=0b9c9b297df4c215fa20049e47bdde89): Community isn’t defined ahead of time. They define themselves. Rein: The more important aspect of any organization is the structure of the relationships between the people in that organization, including and especially, power relationships. Jesse: Personally taking effort in taking effort in finding third-party resources and sharing them with others. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! Special Guest: Jesse James.
148: Floober and Cognitive Outsourcing with Jacob Stoebel
00:43 - Jacob’s Superpower: Being Obsessive Re: Specificity; Allergic to Ambiguity on Teams 02:09 - Talking About Neurodiversity in Workspaces * Self-diagnosis * “Masking” * Jacob’s Background and Intro to Software Development 13:49 - Driving Desire to Learn About Things 22:04 - Automating Boring Work * Personal Automation * Cognitive Outsourcing 34:41 - “Floober Feature” 36:07 - Passing On Strategies and Data Organization CodeStream (https://www.codestream.com/) 47:37 - Storycrafting and Succession Planning Reflections: Jessica: Consult a human when you don’t know, but often from the context of what directory you’re in and what branch you’re on the computer CAN figure it out. Chanté: Sociotechnical systems and thinking about personal automation. Jacob: What can I do to better organize to be a positive legacy? Arty: What are the ingredients to light your spark and your fire about software? This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks!